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Did Packers players and fans just save the NFL season?
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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 466120" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">If the NFL would have taken this suggestion, ALL the power in the dispute would have been held by the NFLRA: There would have been no reason for the refs to agree to a single concession. That would have been an insane action by the league. The average compensation of a ref increased from $149K/year to over $200K/year - did the NFLPA display "greed" in the negotiations? </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">The season is not ruined. Although there were a lot more-than-usual bad calls, how many game outcomes were affected by the incompetent refs? I don't know but I don't think anyone would argue more than 25% of the games were "turned" by the incompetent refs. After three games, three teams are undefeated and two teams are winless. Can the Saints or the Browns claim they're 0-3 because of the incompetent refs? I don’t think so and the other 27 teams are 2-1 or 1-2. Every team has their fate in their hands at this point. Look at the Packers. The Bears and Vikings are 2-1 and the Packers and Lions are 1-2. The Packers already beat the Bears once and they play the Vikings and Lions twice. Win all those games and the Packers likely win the division. Being cheated out of one win may affect home field advantage but look at the league over the past couple of years - how important is that? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">80% of the season lies ahead. No team, not even the Packers, can use the incompetent refs as an excuse. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 466120, member: 4300"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]If the NFL would have taken this suggestion, ALL the power in the dispute would have been held by the NFLRA: There would have been no reason for the refs to agree to a single concession. That would have been an insane action by the league. The average compensation of a ref increased from $149K/year to over $200K/year - did the NFLPA display "greed" in the negotiations? [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]The season is not ruined. Although there were a lot more-than-usual bad calls, how many game outcomes were affected by the incompetent refs? I don't know but I don't think anyone would argue more than 25% of the games were "turned" by the incompetent refs. After three games, three teams are undefeated and two teams are winless. Can the Saints or the Browns claim they're 0-3 because of the incompetent refs? I don’t think so and the other 27 teams are 2-1 or 1-2. Every team has their fate in their hands at this point. Look at the Packers. The Bears and Vikings are 2-1 and the Packers and Lions are 1-2. The Packers already beat the Bears once and they play the Vikings and Lions twice. Win all those games and the Packers likely win the division. Being cheated out of one win may affect home field advantage but look at the league over the past couple of years - how important is that? [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]80% of the season lies ahead. No team, not even the Packers, can use the incompetent refs as an excuse. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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